TOP 2012 - 5th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics

Sep 16, 2012, 6:00 PM → Sep 21, 2012, 11:50 PM Europe/London

Winchester, United Kingdom

Sun, September 16

7:00 PM Welcome Reception

8:00 PM Dinner

Mon, September 17

Session 1

Convener: Christian Schwanenberger (University of Manchester (GB))

1 Welcome & Organization

Speaker: Dr Veronique Boisvert (University of London (GB))

Slides TopDraftPoster.pdf

2 Keynote Address

Speaker: Gilad Perez (CERN & Weizmann)

Slides Gilad_Perez_top12_opening.pdf

3 ATLAS status

Speaker: Martin Aleksa (CERN)

Slides TOP2012-ATLAS-Status.pdf TOP2012-ATLAS-Status.pptx

4 CMS status

Speaker: Christopher Neu (University of Virginia (US))

Slides CMS_Status_neu_final.pdf

10:40 AM Coffee break

Session 2

Convener: Christian Schwanenberger (University of Manchester (GB))

5 Object definition and performance at CMS

Speaker: Carmen Diez Pardos (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

Slides ObjectPerf_top2012.pdf

6 Object definition and performance at ATLAS

Speaker: Dr Veronique Boisvert (University of London (GB))

Slides VBTOP2012ATLASObjects.pdf

12:30 PM Lunch

Session 3

Convener: Prof. Akram Khan (Brunel University (GB))

7 Vector boson + jets Physics

Speaker: Marek Schoenherr (University of Durham)

Slides VJets_Marek_Schoenherr.pdf

8 Vector boson + jets backgrounds at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Frederic Deliot (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR))

Slides Top12_deliot.pdf

9 Instrumental Backgrounds at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Joseph Boudreau (University of Pittsburgh (US))

Slides Top2012Instrumental.pdf

4:30 PM Tea Break

Session 4

Convener: Dr Veronique Boisvert (University of London (GB))

10 Top quark pair production at hadron colliders

Speaker: Michal Czakon (RWTH Aachen)

Slides talk.pdf

11 Top pair production cross-section results at Tevatron

Speaker: Gianluca Petrillo (University of Rochester)

Slides Amended version

12 Top pair cross-section results at LHC in final states with taus or no leptons

Speaker: Gia Khoriauli (Universitaet Bonn (DE))

Slides khoriauli_17092012_v4.pdf

13 Top pair cross-section results at LHC in final states including leptons and combination

Speaker: Jeremy Andrea (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))

Slides ttbarxs_top12_jandrea_final.pdf

8:00 PM Dinner

Tue, September 18

Session 1

Convener: Roberto Tenchini (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

14 Differential top pair cross-section and tt+jets Physics

Speaker: Dr Malgorzata Worek (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))

Slides Top2012-MWorek.pdf

15 Differential top pair cross-section results at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Tyler Mc Millan Dorland (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

Slides DiffXSec_TOP2012_Dorland_1809.pdf

16 Theory perspective on top quark signal modeling uncertainties

Speaker: Keith Hamilton (INFN, Milano-Bicocca)

Slides hamilton.pdf

10:40 AM Coffee break

Session 2

Convener: Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)

17 Top quark signal modeling uncertainties at ATLAS

Speakers: Ivor Fleck (Universitaet Siegen (DE)), Ivor Fleck (Fachbereich Physik-Universitaet Siegen-Unknown)

Slides Top2012h.pdf

18 Top quark signal modeling uncertainties at CMS

Speaker: Martijn Gosselink (Hamburg University (DE))

Slides 02_Martijn.pdf

19 Top quark signal modeling uncertainties at Tevatron

Speaker: Mr Viatcheslav Sharyy (CEA-Saclay, France)

Slides 03_Sharyy.pdf

20 Discussion on signal modeling uncertainties

Speaker: Michelangelo, Roberto and all

1:30 PM Lunch

Session 3

Convener: Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

21 Top quark mass results at Tevatron

Speaker: Pavol Bartos (Comenius University (SK))

Slides topmass_bartos_top2012.pdf

22 Top quark mass results at LHC

Speaker: Markus Seidel (Hamburg University (DE))

Slides top2012_mseidel.pdf

23 Experimental & Theoretical uncertainties in top quark mass measurements at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Giorgio Cortiana (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) (D)

Slides mtop_th_exp_unc_cortiana_final.pdf

5:30 PM Tea Break

Session 4

Convener: Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

24 Top quark mass combination techniques & treatment of uncertainties at Tevatron & LHC

Speaker: Elizaveta Shabalina (Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (DE))

Slides MassCombinationTop2012.pdf

25 Interpreting top quark mass results

Speaker: Sven-Olaf Moch (Unknown)

Slides moch-top2012.pdf

7:20 PM Summer School Q&A Part I

8:30 PM Dinner

Wed, September 19

Session 1

Convener: Giuseppe Salamanna (University of London (GB))

26 SM single top quark Physics

Speakers: Pietro Falgari, Pietro Falgari

Slides FALGARI_TOP2012.pdf

27 Single top quark measurements at Tevatron

Speaker: Jyoti Joshi (Panjab University)

Slides Top2012.pdf

28 Single top quark measurements at LHC

Speaker: Dr Duc Bao Ta (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides top2012.pdf

11:00 AM Coffee break

Session 2

Convener: Giuseppe Salamanna (University of London (GB))

slides Wedneesday.pdf

29 Physics of top quark properties

Speaker: Manuel Perez-Victoria (University of Granada)

Slides mpv_top2012.pdf

30 SM top quark properties at Tevatron

Speaker: Dr Andreas Jung (Fermilab)

Slides top2012_ajung.pdf

31 SM top quark properties at LHC

Speaker: Dr Mara Senghi Soares (Centro de Investigaciones Energ. Medioambientales y Tecn. - (ES)

Slides SoaresWinchester.pdf

1:20 PM Lunch

2:20 PM Excursion

Winchester Cathedral guided tour
Winchester town centre
Poster session & Drinks Reception at Winchester Great Hall

8:30 PM Dinner

Thu, September 20

Session 1

Convener: Mark Owen (University of Manchester (GB))

slides Thursday.pdf

32 Top quark angular distributions - Theory

Speaker: Stephen Parke (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

Slides parke_top2012.pdf

33 Top quark angular distributions at Tevatron

Speaker: Amnon Harel (University of Rochester (US))

Slides Top12_AH_v2.pdf Top12_AH_v2.pptx

34 Top quark angular distributions at LHC

Speaker: Dr Thorsten Wengler (CERN)

Slides TOP2012.pdf TOP2012.ppt

10:40 AM Coffee break

Session 2

Convener: Mark Owen (University of Manchester (GB))

35 Top quark Asymmetries at Tevatron

Speaker: Dante Amidei (University of Michigan (US))

Slides afb_top_2012_v4.pdf

36 Top quark Asymmetries at LHC

Speaker: Tae Jeong Kim (Korea University (KR))

Slides top2012_asym_TJ.pdf

37 Boosted top quark techniques and searches for ttbar resonances at the LHC

Speaker: Sebastian Fleischmann (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))

Slides 120920-fleischmann-boostedttbarres.pdf

1:10 PM Lunch

Session 3

Convener: Prof. Stefano Moretti (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

38 New physics in top quark production

Speaker: Jernej Kamenik (Jozef Stefan Institute)

Slides Kamenik_tt_BSM.pdf

39 Searches for new physics in the top quark sector at Tevatron

Speaker: Christian Schwanenberger (University of Manchester (GB))

Slides Top_searches.pdf

40 Searches for new physics in top quark production at LHC

Speaker: Tobias Golling (Yale University (US))

Slides Top2012_NP_with_Top_Sep202012.pdf

4:40 PM Tea break

Session 4

Convener: Prof. Stefano Moretti (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

41 New physics in top quark decay

Speaker: Celine Degrande (UCL/UIUC)

Slides TopEFT.pdf

42 Measurements of new physics in top quark decay at LHC

Speaker: Dr Davide Pagano (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

Slides NewPhisicsTopDecayLHC.pdf

6:45 PM Summer school Q&A part II

8:00 PM Conference Dinner

Fri, September 21

Session 1

Convener: Antonio Onofre (Universidade de Coimbra (PT))

slides TOP2012_GroupPhoto.jpg

43 Physics of the interplay between the top quark and the Higgs

Speaker: Jose Santiago (Granada University)

Slides HiggsandTop.pdf

44 Measurements of the interplay between the top quark and the Higgs at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Sarah Boutle (University of Virginia (US))

Slides boutle_top2012_final.pdf

45 Measurements of the interplay between the top quark and Supersymmetry at Tevatron and LHC

Speaker: Jean-Francois Arguin (Universite de Montreal (CA))

Slides ATL-COM-PHYS-2012-1312.pdf

46 What I learned at TOP 2012 and experimental prospects

Speakers: Florencia Maria Canelli (Universitat Zurich), Florencia Maria Canelli (University of Chicago (US))

Slides Top2012-summary.pdf

11:10 AM Coffee break

47 TOP2013

Speaker: Ulrich Husemann (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))

Slides Husemann_Top_2013.pdf

Session 2

Convener: Antonio Onofre (Universidade de Coimbra (PT))

slides Friday.pdf Friday.pptx

48 What I learned at TOP 2012 and theoretical recommendations

Speaker: Richard Keith Ellis (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

Slides Ellis_Top.pdf

49 Physics of the top quark at future lepton colliders

EVO connection with Oxford

Speaker: Dr Thomas Teubner (University of Liverpool)

Slides tt_TOP2012.pdf

1:00 PM Lunch

50 UK Linear Collider discussion